I am using iOS 14.6 on my iPhone 12 mini and I experience a fast battery drain and the device is getting hot on the backside.
I don’t find an App that is consuming a lot of battery and I don’t do any special operations or heavy calculations. Although it looks like that this happens especially when I use safari.
I assume that this is n iOS 14.6 bug. Are there any temporary workaround or any advice how to fix this?
iPhone 12 mini
Thanks for your questions!
You say that you do not find an app consuming a lot of battery, but then you say it seems it is when you are using Safari. That is an app and can help you determine the problem. Are you using wi-fi or cellular data at the time. If cellular, how strong is your signal? How long have you had this device and did you just update to iOS 14.6?
Generally when updating iOS on a device, it takes a couple of days for the device to complete running processes and indexing. How much battery drain are you experiencing? Are you able to use the device all day without an additional charge? If these websites contain a lot of graphics and/or video, that can require more battery than just text. If you look at total battery for the day, how much time do you see Screen on, Screen Off?
Device is getting hot within 2 minutes of visiting a Website. Other iOS devices with iOS below 14.6. don’t show this behavior on the same websites.
i would say: 30 minutes of safari usage is discharging 50%.
I restored/reinstalled the iPhone today as a test to fix it.
After I reinstalled the phone via the restore function, the problem dissolved. No more battery drain and the temperature is OK.
That would have been my next suggestion. See how it works.
Battery drain and hot / iPhone 12 Mini + iOS 14.6
